From Somewhere In Manhattan .....

Toby watches the NYC marathon.

This is the neighborhood Toby lives in.

These are some of the runners that

Toby watches.

How I wish I were there.

I love the marathon.

I am amazed that anyone can run more than 5 city blocks.

It would all but kill me.

I might be able to walk the marathon,

but somehow I don't think anyone will still be hanging around 

by the time I would finish.

Besides....

I would stop for a nice lunch 

and I would be hard pressed not to go shopping 

while walking passed all the superb shops.

No.....

for sure I would finish the race 

holding many shopping bags.

If I finished at all.

Would you?

Could you do the NYC Marathon?

XX's

...back to retail hell for 2 more days 'till my retail weekend.

I am off thurs. & fri

in case you were wondering....
the winner is :


Brazil's Marilson Gomes dos Santos


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I don't know about you.....

But, I am absolutely IN LOVE with 

the black door and trim in this room!!!

It is dramatic and elegant.

I want to do it.

And do it soon.

Your thoughts?

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Emilio Pucci And Capellini

                                         

This was EMILIO PUCCI’S shop on East 64th when I lived there. 

Looking in the windows was like looking in a candy shop.

The master at work.

A few Vintage frocks,

I would have loved a pair of these.

You know people have tried imitate his designs.....but you can always tell the difference.

Get  a load of this....

Emilio Pucci was so much the man of the 60's that he was commissioned

to design the uniforms for Braniff Airlines. 

Braniff Airways introduced imaginative new flight attendant uniforms created by famed fashion designer Emilio Pucci. The plastic bubble helmet, to protect hairdos on windy tarmacs, was an integral part of the Pucci-designed uniforms.

I wonder if they wore those nutty helmets? 

The new shop on 5th.

Pucci painted his first scarf in 1949. Hand-colored drawings for scarves from the 1960s and ’70s typify the vibrant colors and patterns that characterized his work.

Handbags from the ’60s and ’70s. Pucci once said of his designs, which defined an era, “I revolutionized fashion because of intuition. Certain things were in the air.”

Silk jersey and silk organza dresses in several silhouettes from his 1970 collections hang in a closet.

In 2001 the firm joined forces with Cappellini to produce a new line of furniture.

The designer’s daughter, Laudomia, and his widow, Marchesa Cristina Pucci di Barsento,

 continue the Archivio Emilio Pucci which is dedicated to preserving his dynamic legacy.

Did any of you own a Pucci dress or scarf ??

Did you like his dresses?

And what do you think about Pucci joining forces with Capellini?

I like the idea.

xxx

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To Laminate Or Not To Laminate

I ran upon this home while looking in the New York Social Diary.

I was instantly drawn in because I love Venetian Mirrors.

Above this classic beauty coupled with edgy chairs.

But this is what I really wanted to post about.....

the kitchen chairs and table.

The chairs are 'Louis' and the table is an old industrial table.
Don't these chairs look sparkling clean and white?
Is this very practical for a eat-in kitchen / family room with more than a few kids?
Sure it is......

Now you say, "but those chairs are white?" ,

"how is that practical?"

Laminate your fabric.

You can have 

white if you want it!!!

It is amazing....

you can spill dark grape juice, 

paint, markers, spaghetti sauce, or anything else those pesky little and big ones might spill.

Just wipe it off.

No stains. Ever!!

I love the crazy light fixtures above.

'Anything Goes'

I am not sure if the floors are Macassar wood

or Brazilian walnut or what, but it is stunning $$$$

Macasser on left and Brazilian walnut on right (or 2nd)????

How would you like to have this terrace off your master ?

Robert and Cortney Novogratz are self-taught designers (Robert was originally a stockbroker and Cortney trained as an actress) who have been enviably successful at finding bargain properties, reading the taste-zeitgeist very well while renovating them and then selling them on for fat profits. But there is another dimension to their lives that grabs almost all the attention: the fact that they have seven kids under the age of 13 – all their own, including two sets of twins—no blended family here. They’re like the Waltons of the West Village, if the Waltons were hip that is. Not surprisingly, they have a book out and their own reality show on Bravo, 9 X Design, coming to a small screen near you very soon You too will get a glimpse at the four washing machines, entryway that resembles a kindergarten cloakroom, and the magically uncluttered surfaces in their spacious, art-filled house on the West Side Highway—move over John and Kate.

*Okay..........here is my big question to you;

Do they look exactly alike or what?????

If you switched their heads of hair they would look the same. No?

What did you like most about this home?

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They have written a book.
The Book: Downtown Chic

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Stone Crabs For Andi

The pink dot on the right

 is where I come from. Boca Raton, Florida.

The pink dot on the left is where we went to.

Everglades City.

For Andi's birthday her boyfriend flew in from Sweden.

And her father, myself and some other family friends headed over to Everglades City for some stone crabs,conch fritters, soft shell crabs, and key lime pie.

This is where the stone crabs come from for the famous 

'Joe's Stone Crab' on Miami Beach!

We have to drive across the state through this.

Doesn't it look pretty from the air?

On the ground .....

But this is what it really looks like.

If you like weeds , snakes and gators.....

this is your kind of place.

Pythons and gators galore and fighting for turf.

Have you heard about all the 'loonie birds' 

that have let their pythons go free in the Everglades?

Talk about irresponsible....

Well, it is a real mess.

But this is no mess.

This is the gold of Florida.

Our state prize.

Maine has Lobster, and we have stone crabs.

Don't freak out.

But, can you tell me what this is?

I will give you a hint.....it tastes like chicken.

That's my girl!

She loves her stone crabs!!

Not the stuff that 'tastes like chicken.'

I surprised her with a birthday cake.

Okay peeps,

what do you think?

Is he cute?

They met while being counselors at summer camp last year.

They are going back again this summer.

  He is in college in Sweden, and studying law.

I like that.

*But let me get back to where we were......

FLORIDA'S LAST FRONTIER "EVERGLADES CITY and CHOKOLOSKEE, at the entrance to the Western Everglades, were two frontier outposts until 1923 when Barron Collier made Everglades City the seat of Collier County and supply depot for the construction of the Tamiami Trail. Prior to the boom, this isolated region was Florida's last outpost for fur trappers, plumage hunters, Cuban fishermen, and people with a disdain for modern civilization."

There is all kinds of history about this area. 

Great stories.

The towns people actually killed the town bully.

The people that were 'wanted by the law' could safely live here. 

It took law enforcement about 2 days to get out here.

A real city of outlaws in a lawless environment.

The man in the black and white picture....

this is a wax model of him

Note the fly swatter.

This place is uninhabitable from the spring months to fall.

There are mosquito's, nats , 'no-see-ums' (these are really bad), 

I just don't know how they did it for an entire lifetime.

I had enough of the glades in this short visit.

I love nature, but not 'Everglades' nature.

To me is it scary.

Imagine being lost out there.

*Snakes, gators, panthers, and yes, we have panthers.

We took a few last pictures and packed up and headed home.

Hope you enjoyed our day trip.

Would you 

drive through the everglades for stone crabs ?

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